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Troops move to docks
by Evan W. Monday, Sep. 02, 2002 at 6:47 PM

Federa troops appear headed to scab during lockout of ILWU members. Employers said they will lock-out workers if slowdown in attempted. Negotiations have broken-off.

Article by: fwd from SF Indymedia
Monday 02 Sep 2002

Email: MICHELLESURA@MAC.COM

Summary:RUMOR that reserves in Western States being called up to break
Longshoreman's strike and lock out in Seattle, Oakland, Long Beach and
San Diego.

Reference at indymedia website:
http://sandiego.indymedia.org/webcast/front.php3?article_id=2224

Article:
Troop Movements in California
by MICHELLESURA@MAC.COM • Monday September 02, 2002 at 12:12 PM
MICHELLESURA@MAC.COM BOLINAS, CALIFORNIA

RUMOR that reserves in Western States being called up to break
Longshoreman's strike and lock out in Seattle, Oakland, Long Beach and San
Diego.



Can anyone confirm all night troops movements from Travis Airforce
base? Seems like Reserves from as far away as Arizona are being called up
this Labor Day weekend to act as strikebreakers on the docks of Seattle,
Oakland, Long Beach and San Diego. The Longshoreman are about to go on
strike, and feel this will be a real test of Union resolution and
strength. I certainly hope Congressman Dennis Kucinich who is a true voice
of the working man and woman finds himself on the California West Coast.
When its just too quiet that's when it's time to stay in awareness.

MICHELLESURA@MAC.COM

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Here's the confirmation:
by Workers Independent News Service • Monday September 02, 2002 at
02:23 PM
laborradio@yahoo.com



audio: MP3 at 250.1 kibibytes

I just spoke to Steve Stallone, communications director for the ILWU.
In this short sound bite, he confirms that Naval strikebreakers are
assembling in San Diego to scab at docks along the West Coast in the event
of a lockout.

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Media blackout?
by Evan W. Tuesday, Sep. 03, 2002 at 6:53 PM

The Pacific Maritime Association (bargaining unit for employers) reports that there is no sign of slowdown at the docks. Of course, they admit that it would take some time to actually measure if a slowdown was occurring. The main story to me is (not that surprisingly) that the mainstream media has barely mentioned the rumored troop movements or the claim by the ILWU that navy troops are being assembled in San Diego. I would at least expect the corporate media to pave the way for the use of federal troops, but
there seems to be a blackout entirely. Maybe this is too close to Labor Day for coverage of this action. Public sympathy will wane, they hope...

Another interesting aspect to this is the involvement of the West Coast Waterfront Coalition in the bargaining process and government policy development. These members of the coalition are not even direct parties to the labor dispute, however it is their goods that move through the ports.

There are several companies with a strong local presence in Pittsburgh. Here is the list of members of the Waterfront coalition:

3M
Agilent Technologies
Agriculture Ocean Transportation Coalition
Best Buy Co., Inc.
Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp.
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad
C.H. Powell Company
California Cartage Company
Chiquita Brands International
Columbia Sportswear Company
ContainerFreight EIT, LLC
Del Monte Foods
Don Breazeale and Associates, Inc.
DPI
DSL Integrated Logistics, Inc.
Ernest & Julio Gallo Winery
Evergreen America Corporation
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America
Gap Inc.
Great Western Steamship Co.
Hewlett Packard
Intermodal West, Inc.
International Mass Retail Association
JCP Logistics L.P.
Kellogg Company
Kurt Orban Partners LLC
Limited Logistics Services, Inc.
MAERSK Pacific
Marine Exchange of San Francisco Bay Region
Mattel
Mega Toys
National Retail Federation
Otis McAllister, Inc.
Pacer Stack Train
Pacific Maritime Association
Pacific Merchant Shippers Association
Panasonic Logistics Company of America
Payless Shoesource, Inc.
Rail Delivery Services, Inc.
Target Stores
The Home Depot
Toy Shipping Association
Toyota
TransSolve, LLC
U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel
WAL-MART Stores, Inc.
Yamaha Corporation of America

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